Cherokee

Language

Most cherokee speak English today, but 20000 cherokees  also speaks  Cherokee Indian Language. Cherokee indian language sounds very soft and gentle.

The Cherokee language has an innovative writing system that was invented by the Cherokee scholar Sequoyah. 

Sequoyah's writing system is a syllabary. Another language uses syllabary today is Japanese.

The children's life

As all the children in the world, the cherokee children likes play with each other, go to school and helps parents. They have many games to play. They likes go hunting with their fathers, they have many toys to play,

Cherokee

Cherokee indians originally called themselves 'Aniyunwiya', 'the principle people'. But today they accept the name cherokee, In their language, they spelled and pronounced 'tsalagi'. The Cherokee are original residents of the American southeast religion. They were forced to Oklahoma in the 1800's along the Trail of Tears. Many Cherokee escape in the halfway, but the Cherokees who survived this death march still live in Oklahoma. Trail of Tear was the Cherokee name for what the Americans called Indian Removal. During the 1800's, the US goverment created an 'Indians territory' in Oklahoma and sent all the eastern American tribes.A word about Cherokee tribes. There are three federally recognized Cherokee tribes, the Cherokee Nation and the Keetoowah Band in Oklahoma and the Eastern Band of Cherokees in North Carolina. Then there are many other groups across the country who claim to be Cherokee nations. But it is a difficult situation for Cherokees, Some of these groups have state recognition, or they are Cherokees fighting for land in our traditional territories, or they are Cherokee communities who have moved to other places in the country. This caused many problems.
There are seven clans in Cherokee. hereditary and priestly, was responsible for religious activities. A second group of younger men, the "red" organization, was responsible for warfare.